rahul gupta was convicted of stabbing mark waugh at gupta's apartment back in october 2013. prosecutors say a love triangle involving the victim gupta and gupta's then-girlfriend led to the murder. the defense claimed gupta's then-girlfriend actually killed washington. but the jury didn't buy it. the victim's father said his son had a promising future. >> mark was a bright and energetic young man with a big smile and a bright future. >> the tragic mixture of alcohol, jealousy and suspected betrayal. >> gupta faces life in prison when he's sentenced next month. >>> new tonight, five players from the women's lacrosse team at the university of maryland baltimore county have been suspended indefinitely for sending threatening text messages to their teammates.

rahul gupta w turning 24. they drank, they partied, the night ended with mark, gupta, and his then girlfriend taylor gould at the silver spring apartment t couple shared. sometime aroun 3:00 a.m., police received call from gould. >> i don't know. mr. there's blood everywhere. >> what do ye there's blood everywhere? what happene >> i don't know. >> reporter:to say it was a love triangle turned deadly. "i caught them and i killed them," rahul gupta told police that night. his defense team argued in court that gupta's girlfriend was the real murderer and that he took the blame for her. but the jury didn't buy it. >> mark's murder is an evil that we cannot comprehend, a dark evil. >> reporter:ilu there, the father of the victim in this case. on the other side, rahul gupta, a difficult day for him today as well. his life changed. he faces life in prison. he'll have an april 16th sentencing dat reporting out here in rockville back to you guys in the studio. >>> just days after frederick's fire chief says she was forc

a jury convicted rahul gupta of first degree murder in the stabbing death of georgetown law student mark waugh. gupta was attending george washington university at the time. gupta told police he caught his girlfriend cheating on him with waugh. he faces life in prison when he is sentencing next month. leon: vice president biden traveled to maryland to raise awareness about a backlog in the test of rape kits. an estimated 400,000 kits are backlogged in crime labs and storage rooms across the country. last year congress approved $41 million in funding to reduce that backlog. alison: and millionaire robert durst waived extradition from louisiana to california to face a murder charge. durst is charged in a 15-year-old homicide. he's also a suspect in the 1982 disappearance of his wife and was acquitted of killing a neighbor in 2001. in an hbo documentary about his life durst said he "killed them all" in a moment off camera. leon: former virginia governor bob mcdonnell is selling their home. they show it as a pending sale. the six bedroom, six bathroom home was listed last week for $944,000.

three brilliant graduate students, a night of binge drinking and murder, rahul gupta celebrating his 24th birthday with his old high school friend mark waugh and his girl friend taylor gould. they all ended up back at the couple's silver spring apartment and gould said she woke to a blood spattered scene of horror and gupta screaming for her to call 911. >> what do you need the police for? >> he's here and i need emergency right now. >> reporter: prosecutors say gupta confessed that he told police he stabbed waugh when he walked in on him and his girl friend cheating and then he confessed again in a phone call he made to his father. gupta insisted on the stand that he only confessed to save his girl friend who told police she was so drunk she had no memory of what happened, but the prosecutor says blaming it on his girl friend made no sense to him, nor to the jury. >> this tragedy that surrounds this case is really the tragic mixture of alcohol, jealous and suspected betrayal. >> reporter: suspected betrayal, there is no evidence actually of actual betrayal. now gupta had been out on

the last moments of rahul gupta's freedom, staring out of the courthouse as the george washington university grad student waited for jurors to return their verdict. minutes after we shot these pictures jurors found gupta guilty of first degree murder. he wept openly and his mother wailed and fainted. the victim's father says what gupta did to his son was evil that he could not comprehend. >> our son mark, all i can say is a gift from god. mark was a bright and energetic young man with a big smile and a bright future. >> reporter: it started a year and a half ago. three brilliant graduate students, a night of binge drinking and murder. rahul gupta was celebrating his 24th birthday with his old high school friend mark waugh and his girl friend taylor gould. they all ended up back at the couple's silver spring apartment and gould said she woke to a blood spattered scene of horror and gupta screaming for her to call 911. >> what do you need the police for? >> he's here and i need emergency right now. >> prosecutors say gupta confessed that he told police he stabbed waugh when he walked in on him

investigators found rahul gupta's girlfriend hysterical and gupta covered in blood lying on the floor of their silver

rahul gupta's 24th birthday. but alcohol, jealousy, and a apparenlo triangle between gupta's girlfen and mark waugh turned deadly. when police called to the silver spring apartmensharped by gupta and his girlfriend around 3:30 a.m., waugh was dead stabbed five times. gupta made a confession shortly after the arrest. his defense team argued in court that gupta's girlfriend was the real murrean he took the blame for it. thu but the juryn't buy it. here's bill waugh, the victim's father. >> mark was happ when he could help otherpl he was gero w his time. mark's murder is an evil we cannot comprehend. >> reporter: sentencing will be april 16th. in the meantime gupta is being held without bond. now, coming up tonight at 6:30, we will hear some of those 911 calls from that crime scene. reporting live in rockville zachary kiesch news4. >>> there's a battle over bike lanes in tyson's corner, because with all the congestion there growing by leaps and bounds a lot of people want the option of riding a bike to work or takin

rahul gupta was convicted of stabbing georgetown law student mark waugh last fall. gupta was pursuing a master's degree from george washington university at the time but now he's facing life in prison when he's sentenced on april 16th. gupta told police it started when he caught his girlfriend cheating with waugh. developing now suspicious death investigation in herndon. a body was found in a wooded area in the 1500 block of hidden brook drive. we're told the victim is a man with trauma to the upper body. no other information is being released at this time. abc 7 is there at the scene and we'll bring you updates as soon as they're available. right now, crews are on the scene of a large water main break in berwin heights. want to show you the shots that we got in there along cunningham street. as you can see water gushing into the roadway. wssc crews are working on repairs. but a section of that street is shut down and there's no word on how many customers have been impacted by this. we have crew there's on the scene and bring you updates as soon as they're available

rahul gupta was found guilty of killing his friend in an alcohol fueled jealous rage. gupta thought his girl friend was cheating with mark waugh, but after he took to the stand to blame his girl friend for the murder the jury didn't buy it. >> the victim's father spoke after the verdict. >> mark helped other people. he was generous with his time and devoted to his family. mark's murder is an evil that we cannot comprehend. >> gupta was working on his second masters degree at gw. his family was at his side throughout the trial. his mother wailed and fainted in the courtroom as deputies led her son off to potentially spend the rest of his life in prison. >>> right now the wssc is dealing with a huge water main break in berwyn heights, maryland, sky9 over the scene of cunningham drive and o'sage street. the water is there somewhere on the streets going through front lawns and backyards in the neighborhood. wssc workers are going door to door talking with customers about the possibilities of water damage. 29 customers and two fire hydrants have no water right now. >>> in f

a montgomery county jury found rahul gupta guilty of murdering his best friend in a jealous rage fueled by alcohol. gupta thought his girl friend was sleeping with his friend georgetown law student mark waugh. prosecutors say gupta stabbed waugh nearly a dozen times. at the trial gupta accused his girl friend of the murder and the jury didn't buy it. after the verdict we heard from the father of mark waugh. >> mark was happiest when he could help people. he was generous with his time and devoted to his family. mark's murder is an evil that we . >> gupta's mother fainted as deputies took her son away. he could face up to life in prison. >>> a notorious real estate heir who appeared to admit to murder in an hbo documentary now faces a murder charge. >> more on robert durst's possible restroom confession. >> reporter: robert durst now faces a first degree murder charge. los angeles prosecutors say he shot and killed his friend susan berman in december of 2000. more than 14 years investigators haven't been able to gather enough evidence to charge him. that all changed after robert durst rea

rahul gupta was found guilty of first-degr mur for killing georgetown university student mark wah. he stabbed him several times with a butcher knife in 2013. gupta reportedly said he thought his girlfriend was cheating on him with wah. zachary ki is going over pea kooe pieces of evidence that were just released for the first time. his live repor coming up on news 4 a5:00. >>> a truck driver at dulles airport is being questioned after an accident on a runway this morning. a service truck struck a delta jet that was parked at the gate. the truck cleans up glycol, the es planes. no passengers or crew were injured although the plane was damaged. delta flight 1160 to atlanta was canceled. passengers were placed on other flights. >>> d.c.'s u.s. attorney is stepping down april 1st. ronald meacham made the announce today and you saw the push alert right here on your nbc washington app. meacham has served as the city's chief prosecutor for five years. he's leaving without completing d inves into former mayor vincent gray's mayoral campaign. coming up tonight, reaction to meacham's departur

according to the police report, rahul gupta walked into an apartment to find his girlfriend cheating on him with his friend. he admitted to stabbing his friend to death after a night of drinking and birthday celebrations. >>> hundreds of thousands of rape kits are constituenting in storage -- sitting in storage across the country. they're unprocessed, untested and just gathering dust. >> they all contain d.n.a. which could help get the rapists off the street. nikki burdine is in the news center with more. >> reporter: this paperwork that's sitting around is more than just paperwork that hasn't been done. this massive backlog means unsolved crimes while these rape suspects are able to continue even more crimes. this backlog is about 400,000 cases nationwide and the $41 Ños million earmarked for this could help cut down on that backlog by hiring and training more personnel t. could help prevent -- personnel. and it could help prevent a future backlog. vice president biden will announce plans on how the money will be used. this is something rape victims and advocates have been fighting